TY - JOUR
TI - Tailoring the Flow of Soft Glasses by Soft Additives
AU - E. Zaccarelli
AU - C. Mayer
AU - A. Asteriadi
AU - C. N. Likos
AU - F. Sciortino
AU - J. Roovers
AU - H. Iatrou
AU - N. Hadjichristidis
AU - P. Tartaglia
AU - H. Löwen
AU - D. Vlassopoulos
JO - Physical Review and Physical Review Letters Index
PY - 2005
VL - 95
TODO - 26
SP - null
PB - American Physical Society (APS)
SN - 0094-0003
TODO - 10.1103/physrevlett.95.268301
TODO - Glassy states;  nonmonotonic, Additives;  Polymers;  Rheology, Glass, glass;  polymer, chemical model;  chemistry;  computer simulation;  microfluidics;  phase transition;  procedures;  viscosity, Computer Simulation;  Glass;  Microfluidics;  Models, Chemical;  Phase Transition;  Polymers;  Viscosity
TODO - We examine the vitrification and melting of asymmetric star polymer mixtures by combining rheological measurements with mode coupling theory. We identify two types of glassy states, a single glass, in which the small component is fluid in the glassy matrix of the big one, and a double glass, in which both components are vitrified. Addition of small-star polymers leads to melting of both glasses, and the melting curve has a nonmonotonic dependence on the star-star size ratio. The phenomenon opens new ways for externally steering the rheological behavior of soft matter systems. © 2005 The American Physical Society.
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